Modern-day ASIC design flow involves third-party vendors. 1. In-house designs are always trustworthy. 2. The primary goals of cloning an IP are piracy and overproduction. 3. Hardware Trojans could...

Modern-day ASIC design flow involves third-party vendors.

1. In-house designs are always trustworthy.

2. The primary goals of cloning an IP are piracy and overproduction.

3. Hardware Trojans could help in cloning ICs.

4. Foundries are considered trustworthy entities throughout the IC design flow.